1. Which Australian state experienced the least rainfall last year? 2. Which months were the driest in Australia? 3. Is every Australian state in drought? 4. Which states appear to have areas experiencing drought? 5. How does Australia’s rainfall last year compare to the average total in the years between 1961 and 1990.
A drought is when there is less rainfall than usual in an area over a long period of time. They can happen anywhere, but some areas of Australia naturally get more rain than others.
1. Which areas experience the highest amount of rainfall? 2. Which areas experience the lowest? 3. Find the area where you live on the map. How much rainfall does it get, on average?
SPACE
Read newspaper article “Aussie spaceman Andy comes back to Earth” by Penny Debelle and Ken McGregor as example of different type of text.
Before reading think about the following:
Who is the audience?
How do you expect it to be written?
Will it be detailed, why or why not?
Is there a situation when a story is written in detail? (i.e. special feature, double page, timely)
Find the main ideas and make a note of them on the word document. (Save to your laptop)
Are there any ideas that could be elaborated?
After listing the ideas pretend you’re a journalist for Herald Sun and prepare a special feature related to this article. The ideas could become your subheadings.
Drought
LO I will read the following article "The silent killer" and add new information to my mind map.
The silent killer
**http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3953562.htm**
LO I will look closely at the following charts from the Bureau of Meteorology and use them to answer the questions below:
1. Which Australian state experienced the least rainfall last year?
2. Which months were the driest in Australia?
3. Is every Australian state in drought?
4. Which states appear to have areas experiencing drought?
5. How does Australia’s rainfall last year compare to the average total in the years between 1961 and 1990.
A drought is when there is less rainfall than usual in an area over a long period of time.
They can happen anywhere, but some areas of Australia naturally get more rain than others.
1. Which areas experience the highest amount of rainfall?
2. Which areas experience the lowest?
3. Find the area where you live on the map. How much rainfall does it get, on average?
SPACE
Read newspaper article “Aussie spaceman Andy comes back to Earth” by Penny Debelle and Ken McGregor as example of different type of text.
Before reading think about the following:
Open this word document and re-read the article.
Find the main ideas and make a note of them on the word document. (Save to your laptop)
Are there any ideas that could be elaborated?
After listing the ideas pretend you’re a journalist for Herald Sun and prepare a special feature related to this article. The ideas could become your subheadings.